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■ 4. Section 309.45 is amended by 

revising paragraph (g) to read as follows: 

§ 309.45 When and how may a Tribe or 

Tribal organization request reconsideration 

of a disapproval action? 

* * * * * 

(g) Disapproval of start-up funding 

and a request for waiver of the 100-child 

rule is not subject to administrative 

appeal. 

* * * * * 

■ 5. Section 309.75 is amended by 

revising paragraph (e) to read as follows: 

§ 309.75 What administrative and 

management procedures must a Tribe or 

Tribal organization include in a Tribal IV–D 

plan? 

* * * * * 

(e) Provide that charging fees and 

recovering costs will not be permitted. 

§ 309.85 [Amended] 

■ 6. Section 309.85 is amended by: 

■ a. Adding the word ‘‘and’’ at the end 

of paragraph (a)(5); 

■ b. Removing paragraph (a)(6); and 

■ c. Redesignating paragraph (a)(7) as 

paragraph (a)(6). 

■ 7. Section 309.130 is amended by: 

■ a. Revising paragraph (b)(2)(iii); 

■ b. Removing paragraphs (b)(2)(iv) and 

(v); 

■ c. Revising paragraphs (c)(2) and (3); 

■ d. Removing paragraphs (d) and (e); 

■ e. Redesignating paragraphs (f) 

through (h) as paragraph (d) through (f); 

and 

■ f. Revising newly redesignated 

paragraph (d). 

The revisions read as follows: 

§ 309.130 How will Tribal IV–D programs 

be funded and what forms are required? 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(iii) A narrative justification for each 

cost category on the form. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(2) Beginning with the first day of the 

first quarter of the funding grant 

specified under § 309.135(a)(2), a Tribe 

or Tribal organization will receive 

Federal grant funds equal to 100 percent 

of the total amount of approved and 

allowable expenditures made during 

that period and thereafter for the 

administration of the Tribal child 

support enforcement program. 

(3) A Tribe or Tribal organization will 

receive Federal grant funds equal to 100 

percent of pre-approved costs of 

installing the Model Tribal IV–D 

System. 

(d) Increase in approved budget. (1) A 

Tribe or Tribal organization may request 

an increase in the approved amount of 

its current budget by submitting a 

revised SF 424A to ACF and explaining 

why it needs the additional funds. The 

Tribe or Tribal organization should 

submit this request at least 60 days 

before additional funds are needed, to 

allow the Secretary adequate time to 

review the estimates and issue a revised 

grant award, if appropriate. 

(2) If the change in Tribal IV–D budget 

estimate results from a change in the 

Tribal IV–D plan, the Tribe or Tribal 

organization must submit a plan 

amendment in accordance with 

§ 309.35(e), a revised SF 424, and a 

revised SF 424A with its request for 

additional funding. The effective date of 

a plan amendment may not be earlier 

than the first day of the fiscal quarter in 

which an approvable plan is submitted 

in accordance with § 309.35(f). The 

Secretary must approve the plan 

amendment before approving any 

additional funding. 

* * * * * 

§ 309.155 [Amended] 

■ 8. Section 309.155 is amended by 

removing paragraph (c) and 

redesignating paragraphs (d) through (g) 

as paragraphs (c) through (f). 

§ 309.170 [Amended] 

■ 9. Section 309.170 is amended by: 

■ a. Adding the word ‘‘and’’ at the end 

of paragraph (b)(7); 

■ b. Removing paragraph (b)(8); and 

■ c. Redesignating paragraph (b)(9) as 

paragraph (b)(8). 

PART 310—COMPUTERIZED TRIBAL 

IV–D SYSTEMS AND OFFICE 

AUTOMATION 

■ 10. The authority citation for part 310 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 655(f) and 1302. 

■ 11. Section 310.20 is amended by: 

■ a. Revising paragraph (a) introductory 

text; and 

■ b. Removing the semicolons at the 

ends of paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2)(v), and 

(a)(5) and (6) and adding periods in 

their places. 

The revision reads as follows: 

§ 310.20 What are the conditions for 

funding the installation, operation, 

maintenance and enhancement of 

Computerized Tribal IV–D Systems and 

Office Automation? 

(a) Conditions that must be met for 

FFP at the applicable matching rate in 

§ 309.130(c) of this chapter for 

Computerized Tribal IV–D Systems. The 

following conditions must be met to 

obtain 100 percent FFP in the costs of 

installation of the Model Tribal IV–D 

System and FFP at the applicable 

matching rate under § 309.130(c) of this 

chapter in the costs of operation, 

maintenance, and enhancement of a 

Computerized Tribal IV–D System: 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 231215–0305; RTID 0648– 

XD718] 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Summer Flounder Fishery; 

Quota Transfer From North Carolina to 

Virginia 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

State of North Carolina is transferring a 

portion of its 2024 commercial summer 

flounder quota to the Commonwealth of 

Virginia. This adjustment to the 2024 

fishing year quota is necessary to 

comply with the Summer Flounder, 

Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) quota transfer 

provisions. This announcement informs 

the public of the revised 2024 

commercial quotas for North Carolina 

and Virginia. 

DATES: Effective February 9, 2024, 

through December 31, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Deighan, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9184. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the summer 

flounder fishery are found in 50 CFR 

648.100 through 648.111. These 

regulations require annual specification 

of a commercial quota that is 

apportioned among the coastal states 

from Maine through North Carolina. The 

process to set the annual commercial 

quota and the percent allocated to each 

state is described in § 648.102 and final 

2024 allocations were published on 

December 21, 2023 (88 FR 88266). 

The final rule implementing 

amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder 

FMP, as published in the Federal 

Register on December 17, 1993 (58 FR 

65936), provided a mechanism for 

transferring summer flounder 

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another. Two or more states, under 

mutual agreement and with the 

concurrence of the NMFS Greater 

Atlantic Regional Administrator, can 

transfer or combine summer flounder 

commercial quota under § 648.102(c)(2). 

The Regional Administrator is required 

to consider three criteria in the 

evaluation of requests for quota transfers 

or combinations: (1) the transfers or 

combinations would not preclude the 

overall annual quota from being fully 

harvested; (2) the transfers address an 

unforeseen variation or contingency in 

the fishery; and (3) the transfers are 

consistent with the objectives of the 

FMP and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act). The Regional 

Administrator has determined these 

three criteria have been met for the 

transfer approved in this notification. 

North Carolina is transferring 14,280 

pounds (lb; 6,477 kilograms (kg)) to 

Virginia through a mutual agreement 

between the states. This transfer was 

requested to repay landings made by an 

out-of-state permitted vessel under a 

safe harbor agreement. The revised 

summer flounder quotas for 2024 are 

North Carolina, 2,398,163 lb (1,087,788 

kg), and Virginia, 1,887,987 lb (856,376 

kg). 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 

648.102(c)(2)(i) through (iv), which was 

issued pursuant to section 304(b), and is 

exempted from review under Executive 

Order 12866. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: February 6, 2024. 

Everett Wayne Baxter, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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